Attachment for pencils



Jan. 12, 1932. m R 1,841,056

ATTACHMENT FOR PENCILS Filed March 3. 1928 4 TTUR/VE Patented Jan. 12, 1932 1,841,056

UNHT'ED S'IATES PATENT FFEQSE I KENNETH I E RINGLER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON U ATTACHMENT FOR PENGILS Application filed March 3, 1928. Serial No. 258,732.

' This invention relates generally to pens what elongated curved member having the and pencils for writing purposes, and paroutwardly turned edges 16 and the curved tieularly to a special form of attachment fingers 17 which are adapted to partially entherefor. circle the pencil and attach the device 5 The main object of this invention is to thereto.

provide a special form of attachment whereby The pen holder 14 has a curved upper side a pen and pencil can be so joined that one 18 and a curved lower side 19 adapted to or the other may readily be placed in an opslide upon the surface of the pencil holder erating position. 13. The top side 18 of the pen holder 14 is The second object is to permit economy of provided with a slot 20, a portion of whose time for the user by rendering it unnecesmaterial forms a tongue 21 whose end 22 is sary for him to employ separate pens and curved to form a latch. On the tongue 21 il as i fte th a is also secured a button 23 for operating pur- The third object is to so construct the device poses. as to lend itself readily to modern manufac- The cover 15 is also curved and its under turing methods. face 24 rides against the surface 18 of the The fourth object is to so construct a holder pen holder 14. The edges 25 of the cover 15 f pens th t it ma readily be attached to are also outwardly curved to permit the edges any ordinary pencil of either the fixed or 16 to be crimped upon same for the purpose lead feeding variety without interfering with Of assembling the device.

the use of the eraser on the pencil or rendermm the edge 25 project he lugs 26 which ingsame clumsy or otherwise undesirable. register wlth the fingers 17 and prevent end- These, and other objects, will become more wise movement between the holder 13 and l apparent from the specification following as the C V r 1 III the Cover 15 is formed a illustrated in the accompanying drawings, slot 27 near one end of which is formed a in which: pair of elevations 28 whose under sides re- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device ceive the end 22 of the tongue 21. A. similar showing same applied to a pencil with the elevation 29 is formed near the opposite end pen in a retracted position. Figure 2 is a of the cover 15. I view similar to Figure 1 showing the pen hen assembling in the manner which is in an extended position. Figure is'a transobvious from the drawings, that is, when the verse section taken alODg the 1 1 in pen holder 14 is held between the pencil holdg 4 4 1S a lqnsltlldlnal 9 er 13 and the cover 15. then the pen holder is takenfllong the l 1n Flgure slidable with relation to its adjacent elements l 5 1S a P P P V1e W f the p s q under the control of the button 23. so g g i g lzg z s fz 1 K P El SSiW g Now when a pen point 30 is inserted in the l. th th end of the holder 14 and a pencil 10 is passed g i i 6 cover 6 Pen through the finger 17 (as shown in Fi ure 1) 4* 0 it can be seen that a slight application of 'lar parts throughout the several views. W on the i 23 Win R t pen Referrin in detail to the drawings, there point 30 to the POSlLlOll shown in Figure 2, i i l t t 'd th di pencil 10 having and airopposite moyement Wlll restore it to formed at one end a point 11 and having the Posltlon Shown 111 g re 1.

mounted at the other end thereof an eraser In Other r of kleVl 12, such as are in common use. I has at his command either a pen or a pencil The device itself consists of three principal under the control of a slight finger moveelements, namely a pencil holder 13, a pen ment, which action becomes so natural as to 50 holder 14 and a cover 15. be performed almost unconsclously. This Th il h ld 13 i t f a o renders unnecessary the carrymg of the pen" Similar numbers of reference refer to simior pencil in the pocket, in the mouth or behind the ear as is often the case.

While I have illustrated this form of the device as being preferable, for many reasons, it must be understood, of course, that numerous changes can be made from this construction without departing from the spirit of this invention.

I am aware that many holders have been constructed in which the pen point was mounted interchangeably with an eraser by telescoping certain members together, but such devices are objectionable on account of the fact that it renders impossible the use of the eraser while the pen and pencil are available, or has the more serious objection that when the pen is out oi use (that is when Writing with pencil and the pen-point is in the air) that any ink which may remain thereon is apt to flow downwardly into the holder. These devices are also objectionable on account or" the fact that they require the reversal of the pencil itself, which is entirely unnecessary with my device; it is therefore not my intention to cover such devices broadly, but only within the limitations of the following claims.

I claim: I

1. The combination of a curved holder having holding fingers formed thereon having the edges thereofflanged outwardly, an arcuate hollow pen holder whose concave side is adapted to ride against said holder, a spring latch formed in the convex side of said pen holder having an operating button projecting therefrom, a cover over said'pen holder adapted to bear against its convex side, said cover having a slot therein through which said button may pass, and having notches formed at opposite ends of said slot which the end of said latch may engage when 2. The combination of a pencil holder 'having yieldable fingers for frictionably holding a pencil, a pen holder slidably mounted thereon, a cover for holding said pen holder on said pencil holder, and, operating means whereby said pen holder can be moved in either direction and held in either extreme position.

3. An attachment 'for pencils consisting of an arcuate pencil holder through which a pencil may be adjustably passed, an arcuate pen holder slidably mounted on said pencil holder, a cover for holding said pen holder on said pencil holder, latch means at opposite ends ofsaid cover, and an operating button on said pen holder for releasing said latch means and moving said pen holder between its extreme positions.

1-. An attachment for pencils consisting of a transversely arcuate longitudinal member having pencil holding fingers extending from the edges thereof, said pencil holding member having a cover mounted upon same,

an arcuate pen holder slidably mounted between said pencil .holder and cover, and spring latch means for holding said pen holder with relation to said pencil holder.

5. An attachment for pencils including an arcuate pencil holder adapted to be adjustably mounted on a pencil between the ends thereof and normally fixed with relation to KENNETH H. RINGLER. 

